Ergebirge Basin, near Zwickau (Permian of Germany)

Where: Saxony, Germany (50.7° N, 12.5° E: paleocoordinates 5.1° N, 21.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Leukersdorf Formation, Asselian (298.9 - 295.5 Ma)

• Stratigraphy for Leukersdorf Formation obtained from Rößler & Noll (2006) Rev. Palaeobot. Palynol.: 140

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. v. Meyer. 1860. Phanerosaurus naumanni aus dem Sandstein des Rothliegenden in Deutschland. Paleontographica 7:248-252 [R. Butler/E. Dunne]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 180950: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Emma Dunne on 10.08.2016

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Cotylosauria - Diadectidae
Phanerosaurus naumanni n. gen. n. sp.
Phanerosaurus naumanni n. gen. n. sp. Meyer 1860 tetrapod
Four presacral and two sacral vertebrae